Q21809: FILES Statement Always Displays Name of Current Directory

Article: Q21809
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00 1.01 1.02 2.00 2.01 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 27-DEC-1989

Problem:
   When I request a directory listing of a subdirectory other than the
current directory using FILES "\subdir", I get the file list for the
different subdirectory, but I get the name of the current directory
displayed at the top. I expected the requested subdirectory name to be
at the top.

Response:
   The FILES statement in QuickBASIC is behaving in a manner
consistent with BASICA and GW-BASIC Version 3.20. It is not likely that
this behavior will change.

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